diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
index 7335f5b69e4..3b506c38b69 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ QAbstractItemModel *AndroidDeployQtStep::keystoreCertificates()
         if (!m_keystorePasswd.length())
             return 0;
         params << m_keystorePasswd;
-        params << QLatin1String("-J\"-Duser.language=en\"");
+        params << QLatin1String("-J-Duser.language=en");
         keytoolProc.start(AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig().keytoolPath().toString(), params);
         if (!keytoolProc.waitForStarted() || !keytoolProc.waitForFinished()) {
             QMessageBox::critical(0, tr("Error"),
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidpackagecreationstep.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidpackagecreationstep.cpp
index d9a6f66151b..075a89bd95b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidpackagecreationstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidpackagecreationstep.cpp
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ QAbstractItemModel *AndroidPackageCreationStep::keystoreCertificates()
         if (!m_keystorePasswd.length())
             return 0;
         params << m_keystorePasswd;
-        params << QLatin1String("-J\"-Duser.language=en\"");
+        params << QLatin1String("-J-Duser.language=en");
         keytoolProc.start(AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig().keytoolPath().toString(), params);
         if (!keytoolProc.waitForStarted() || !keytoolProc.waitForFinished()) {
             QMessageBox::critical(0, tr("Error"),